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A neutron at rest decays (breaks up) to a proton and an electron. Energy is released in the decay and appears as kinetic energy of the proton and electron. The mass of a proton is 1836 times the mass of an electron. What fraction of the total energy released goes into the kinetic energy of the proton?

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The fraction of total kinetic energy released goes into kinetic energy of proton is 11837.

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01

Determination of speed of proton after decay of neutron(a)Given Data:

The mass of proton is mp=1836me

The initial speed of neutron is u = 0

The kinetic energy of a particle depends on the mass and speed of the particle. The kinetic energy of particle changes if speed of particle changes and the change in kinetic energy is same as the work done by particle to change the kinetic energy.

Apply the momentum conservation to find the speed of proton:

Mu=mpvp-meve

Here, M is the mass of the neutron.

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

M0=1836mevp-mevevp=ve1836

02

Determination of fraction of total energy released into kinetic energy of proton

The total kinetic energy of proton and electron is given as:

KT=12mpvp2+12meve2

Substitute all the values in the above equation.

KT=121836meve18362+12meve2KT=12meve21836+ve2KT=12me1837ve21836

The kinetic energy of proton is given as:

Kp=12mpvp2Kp=121836meve18362Kp=12mev2e18362

The fraction of total kinetic energy released goes into kinetic energy of proton is given as:

KPKT=12meve2183612me1837ve21836KPKT=11837

Therefore, the fraction of total kinetic energy released goes into kinetic energy of proton is 11837.

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